Hi - have just got back from 2 weeks in Florida and like you was getting myself all worried about getting food onto the flights.  At Gatwick I took 2 full bottles of milk, 1 jar of Cow and Gate concentrate juice (Harriet is turning into a bit of a juice fiend) and 2 cartons of milk.  At security I had to taste everything - but not food in jars as its less than 100ml and couldnt take the cartons through as it would have meant opening them.  I bought a couple of cartons from Boots once through security so all was fine.

You might want to think about getting one of those milk powder dispensers - they have them in Boots, so you can take 3 feeds unmade and then make them up on the plane - Boots also had individual pre-sterilized bottles so I took them and that worked well.

After stressing about the flights - everything worked really well and there were no problems what so ever!  Get yourself organised and then try and relax - its sposed to be a holiday after all!!

Hi karen, think that's your name if i remember right lol

i flew from newcastle and was also asked to taste the babies bottles....i never had any sealed food so dunno about that but every bottle i had in thermal bag i had to taste

mandy

if you call the airline you are flying with you can request baby foodfor all meals they offer onboard, they offered us hipp organic jar food but lo was only 10 weeks at this point. I am flying again in Oct and the airline asked if we wanted a baby meal. It just saves you buying some, carrying it etc..They also heated all bottles for me in jugs of hot water not micro, as I took my own wee bowl to heat all bottles the airsteward thought this was the cutest thing and told me that they do it all for mums and would never use a micro, wish I had know her change bag was so laden down...lol

Also I was advised by the airline to carry lo's milk in bottles not cartons, as on international flights at security they can be really strict, at heathrow lo was sleeping and they made me take her out of stroller and put the stroller through the baggage scanner! I also had to drink the bottles there as well. I have flown international and domestic flights and find international slightly stricter. But as pp say it depends on which airport you are flying from.

HTH,

im flying from newcastle to dubai. i'll take some cartons and empty bottles and just buy the food when i get through security!

I flew from Stansted in July and did not have to taste my milk cartoons, they said as they weren't open they were fine.  I have water in a bottle and thermos and was asked to taste that.  The water in the thermos was boiling so I said I wasn't sure if I could taste it and the guys said not to worry then.  They're quite relaxed about baby stuff really.  But you can buy both milk and food after security if you don't want the hassle of tasting. 

Every airport is different tho so it depends where you're flying from.

HTH xxx

hiya, if you take milk or food they will make you taste it, what airport are you flying out of? i flew from birmingham with my lo in july and had 3 bottles and a carton, i had to empty the carton into a bottle and taste and taste the other 3. i bought baby food in boots after security for the flight. flew from another airport in ireland then on the way back and asked if they wanted me to taste the bottles and they looked at me like i was mad and said why, it's just baby food?! hehe so depends where you fly from

im going on holiday this week, can i take milk cartons through customs or buy them when i get through customs? i dont want to buy them and have to out them in the bin, also can i take his food jars through or buy at the airport?